[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 30, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 30CFR56.3130]

[Page 260]
 
                       TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 56--SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS--SURFACE METAL AND NONMETAL MINES--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart B--Ground Control
 
Sec. 56.3130  Wall, bank, and slope stability.

    Mining methods shall be used that will maintain wall, bank, and 
slope stability in places where persons work or travel in performing 
their assigned tasks. When benching is necessary, the width and height 
shall be based on the type of equipment used for cleaning of benches or 
for scaling of walls, banks, and slopes.